Changes
as of the November 2000 ElectionsState
Legislature: All 65 House seats and 18 of 35 Senate seats were
up. Democrats took control of the Senate by a one-vote margin and
picked up two House seats. House: 27D, 38R Senate: 18D,
17R.U.S.
House: All congresspersons were re-elected.

Early
voting ran from Oct. 23, 2000 (15 days before the election) to Nov. 3,
2000 (Friday before the election).

Turnout
as a percentage of voting age population was 56.78%. (U.S. avg: 53.76%).

OverviewBush won Colorado with a
plurality of 145,521 votes (8.36 percentage points) and carried 50 of the
state's 63 counties. In contrast to 1996, when Colorado experienced a dogfight
in the presidential race, the Gore camp did not target the state, making
for a quiet general election campaign. During the post-convention period
Colorado only merited one visit each from the running mates. Ralph
Nader made a couple of visits after the Greens convention in June (Sept.
8-10 and a final stop on Nov. 2), and his 5.25% proved to be one of his
better showings. Down-ticket there were various initiative campaigns,
and Colorado Democrats managed to wrest control of the State Senate from
the GOP, for their only legislative chamber pick-up in the country.General
Election Activity

(State Primary on Tuesday,
August 8, 2000)

Presidential Primary Election:
Friday,
March 10, 2000

Republican Primary

Total
Vote

Percent

Gary Bauer

1,190

0.7%

+George
W. Bush

116,897

64.7%

Steve Forbes

1,197

0.7%

Orrin G. Hatch

504

0.3%

Alan Keyes

11,871

6.6%

John McCain

48,996

27.1%

Total

180,655

24.1% of 749,484 active registered
voters cast ballots.

Total
Delegates40
of
2,066 (1.9%).

Democratic Primary

Total
Vote

Percent

Bill Bradley

20,663

23.3%

+Al
Gore

63,384

71.4%

Lyndon H. LaRouche, Jr.

821

0.9%

Non-committed

3,867

4.4%

Total

88,735

14.8% of 597,958 active registered
voters cast ballots.

Total
Pledged Delegates51
of 3,537 (1.4%).Total
Delegates61
of
4,335 (1.4%).